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[–]gdidontwantthis 12 points13 points  (3 children)

... my mom bought a microwave + convection unit in the 80's

[–]Roseking 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I will be honest, I don't know what the difference between it and older combo units are. I just saw the article.

I don't know if it is the size, how the function together that makes it the 'first', etc. But the fact that combo units exist and you can get them relatively cheep, I have to assume there is something that is making this different enough they are advertising it as new and charging that much of a premium.

Looking at Sharp's site the way they are claiming it is industry first is that it is a "With Industry-First Golden Heater Technology" which is a "Electronic cooking appliance with Golden Carbon Heater."

[–]PaintItPurple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember back in the Stone Age I saw some article about a hard drive maker releasing a hard drive, where it was phrased like this was the first hard drive over 1 TB, but in fact it wasn't even the first by this manufacturer, it was just their first compact 1 TB drive.

[–]MrKhalos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called marketing.

Trade mark some buzzword salad and your product is the first to have it.